Vietnam B789 at Munich on Aug 15th 2026, late rotation, tailstrike, runway overrun, tyre damage

DropTank said:
Inadvertent application of brakes by crewmember?
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Possibly and more likely…causing enough heat to blow a fuse plug followed by the low pressure light they received after becoming airborne especially since they retracted the gear normally.

I would think they’d also get a brake overheat message and/or see it on the tire pressure/brake temp system schematic page if that were the case.
 
A300Capt said:
Parking brake set is an automatic takeoff config warning once power is advanced to the takeoff setting so that would be unlikely…assuming system worked as designed.
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I mean… LAPA B737 had no flaps set for takeoff, the TO config going off the entire takeoff roll and the pilots still sent it…







Not saying that’s what happened (flaps seem set correctly). Just that an alarm going off is no guarantee that all crews will hear it and/or abide.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
Hey what’s that noise? It’s really annoying!!
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Funny you mention that. I remember getting slam dunked into ONT from the north with an F/O that was new to the 76. He was behind the jet all the way down in VMC. We forgot the speedbrakes being out at flaps 25. I was so concentrating on the approach I never heard the beep, beep, beep or noticed the EICAS message. Nor did he. I caught the speedbrakes out on the landing checklist and that made the EICAS message go away. I couldn't believe it happened but under stress my brain narrowed focus and didn't care about that beeping noise.
 
DropTank said:
Inadvertent application of brakes by crewmember?
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I’ve actaully had that in a 319.

We had some completely ridiculous debate about foot position during takeoff and I had a OE pilot that had a number of things going on and it was basically the last chance before going to “the board”. Weird acceleration, but enough, V1, rotate, the plane sprung off the ground, making the big turn northbound and *BING* “HOT BRAKES”.

Way WAY WAY worst things about that leg, not saying this is what happened in the case of the 787 at all, but it’s certainly plausible.
 
Takeoff abort gone wrong/decision reversed? Obviously not a notable deceleration at any point, but like a half hearted start to one, and then they changed their mind type of scenario? I’ve seen this happen in much more manual jets before, and the outcome is normally destruction of the airplane. That plane load of people should go buy lottery tickets because regardless of cause, they are some of the luckiest people on earth right now. Scary
 
DropTank said:
Inadvertent application of brakes by crewmember?
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Wouldn’t be the first time. Reminds me of the accident in Russia that killed the lokomotiv hockey team. Even then 13K of runway is a long time to cruise along without stopping or going full power.
Either way no judgment from me because life comes at you fast especially in this industry. We’ll find out what happened eventually.
 
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